JulianPy 1.0.1

Julian Date functionality in python

JulianPy

JulianPy is a rich, diverse, and easy to use python tool for Julian Dates. It offers datetime to Julian Dates, Julian Dates to datetime, and much more!

Provided Tools:

• CJDN(date=datetime.datetime.now()) Returns the CJDN of date
• current_julian_date() Returns the current julian date
• tomorrow_julian_date() Returns the julian date tomorrow
• future_julian_date(hoursadd = 0, minutesadd = 0, secondsadd =0) Returns the julian date of a time given hours, minutes, and seconds to add to the current time.
• julian_date(date = datetime.datetime.now()) Returns the julian date of a specified date. Defaults to today's julian date
• epoch_days(date=datetime.datetime.now()) Returns the amount of days since the J2000 epoch.
• day_percent(date=datetime.datetime.now()) Returns the decimal part of the Julian date of the time specified. Defaults to today.
• islamic_date(CJDNtime=None, date=datetime.datetime.now()) Returns the islamic year, month, and day as a tuple given a specified date or a CJDN
• babylonian_date(CJDNtime = None,date=datetime.datetime.now()) Returns the babylonian year, month, and day as a tuple given a specified date or a CJDN
• from_julian(j) Returns a datetime.datetime object from a julian date j specified.

Help

Feel free to use the python help() method on any of the above functions to get a short simple instruction message on how to use it and what it will return.

Sources

To create this library, I have collected and used information detailed in the wondrous Astronomy Answers articles. Any questions can be directed to the author's page in the website.

Changelog

• Tuesday, June 20, 2023: Initial Commit